Jacks coverage

With the women making their big tournament debut today, obviously basketball is on my mind. In honor of the Jacks' great accomplishment, I decided to check out the media's, namely ESPN, coverage of the Jacks.

After typing in South Dakota State, here is what I found:

The search includes several photos of the players getting ready for their game against TCU today, commentary on the game and even a video prediction of how far the Jacks will go in the tournament. They say the Jacks could knock off Baylor to reach the Sweet 16. I'll take that.

Charlie Creme expressed the same sentiments in his Raleigh Bracket breakdown. He said, "Seventh-seeded South Dakota State over No. 2 Baylor in the second round. The Jackrabbits are balanced, but still have a go-to player in Jennifer Warkenthien. They play good defense and were tested outside the Summitt early in the season. It will be a tall order beating the Big 12 tournament champs, but the Lady Bears did show some vulnerability in Oklahoma City."

Overall, I think the Jacks have received good press from ESPN, mostly because we're seen as a Cinderella team. But there still have been some slip-ups. They have called us San Diego State on more than one occasion. That's annoying, but I think we Jackrabbits need to understand that we are still an emerging team, and so there will be media slip-ups from time to time. After the Jacks make some noise in the tourney, though, I hope to see the slip-ups happen less and less. It's only a matter of time before the newness of being on ESPN wears off and Jack fans start sending angry letters to the major network.